This period starts about 1700 and ends at 1900 with the railway epoch.

From about the beginning of 1700, rich families in England Germany and France, used to send their sons to a tour in Italy which normally was visiting Venice, Florence, Rome and the area around, Naples with Pompei and Ercolano, and sometime going as further down as Sicily. These was called the "Grand Tour" in England, the "Voyage d'Italie" in France and the "Italienische Reise" in Germany. Non only young students, but also experienced artists, painters, writers, sculptors, decided to take a tour over Italy, given the many artistic beauties that this country built over many centuries of history. One of the tour stops was Rome and the Alban Hills (Castelli Romani), Frascati being the most notorious. And here they celebrated the place. For example the german poet Wolfgang Goethe writes about Frascati:
"The place is delicious, the town lies on one hill, or better on a mountain, and to the drawer, at each step a new wonderful landscape appear. You can see Rome down, and further away the sea, on the right the Tivoli mountains, and so on. Since already two days we walk around these places, and we find always something new and enchanting. As soon as the waitress has left on our table the oil lamp and said good night, we all together examine our daily drawings".

Wolfgang Goethe

But enriching the soul was not the only goal of the Italian tour. Their bodies was also experienced the genuine Mediterranean food and the delicacy of the Frascati wine. These tours contributed to spread the fame of Frascati Wine across Europe. The grand tour period ended when the development of the railway, introduced the "low cost" transport age by train. Following are images of how some of them represented Frascati and the area at those times.

Campagna View

Grape Harvesting

Campagna View

Harvest

Tavern Osteria

An idillic Campagna Romana

A traveller and painter

Wine Cart. The depicted one has 6 barrels. However in Frascati the original wine carts were carrying in total 500 liters, divided into eight barrels containing each 60 liters and one small barrel of 20 liters. (8 x 60 + 20 = 500 l). Later on, to facilitate handling, they were carrying 10 barrels containing 50 l each, always for a load of 500 l